For Colored Girls

The Office of Multicultural Affairs hosted the 2nd Annual Student Performance of Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf”.This experimental Choreopoem by Ntzoake Shange portrays the many struggles faced by African American women throughout their lives. Initially staged in California, it has been performed on and off Broadway and adapted as a book, a television film, and a theatrical film. The 1976 Broadway production was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.

Lewis and Clark students performed excerpts of this work on February 28, 2013 in Agnes Flanagan Chapel.